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Calculating Return on Investment for Evidence-Based ProgramsYou probably know that evidence-based programs improve lives, but did you know they also save money? Learn how to calculate estimated financial savings for your program implementation with this simple How To guide from the EPISCenter. Date: March 10, 2017

Prevention Research Center receives $1.4 million mindfulness research grant Teaching adolescents mindfulness practices that may strengthen their attention, executive function and emotion regulation skills, and in turn improve their academic and social functioning is the focus of a new grant received by the Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center at Penn State from the Institute on Education Sciences.Date: July 9, 2014

One Cambria County group is hoping to team up with surrounding areas to help the youth stay away from drugs and alcohol while ensuring they are on the path to success. Date: July 2, 2014

Researchers win awards at Society for Prevention Research 2014 Annual Meeting Brian Bumbarger, assistant director for knowledge translation and dissemination in the Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center and founding director of the EPISCenter, won the Translational Science Award, given to an individual or a team of individuals in recognition of contributions to the field of prevention science in the area of Type 1 or Type 2 translational research.Date: June 9, 2014

Communities That Care Session Planned Sandy Hinkle from Penn State EPISCenter will hold a key leader orientation to present the Communities That Care process to local leaders from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday in Courtroom 1 of the Cambria County Courthouse in Ebensburg.Date: Feb 19, 2014

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The EPISCenter is a collaborative partnership between the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD), the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS), and the Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, College of Health and Human Development, Penn State University. The EPISCenter is funded by DHS and PCCD. This resource was developed by the EPISCenter through PCCD grant VP-ST-24368.